A static eliminator, provided in a sheet-fed printing press for doing printing on a sheet of paper (1), and equipped with static electricity removing devices (61 to 64) for removing static electricity building up in the sheet (1), comprises: electrostatic sensors (51 to 54) for detecting the amount of static electricity of the sheet (1); a display/selector (42) having a display section (42A) for indicating information to an operator, and a selection section (42B) for selecting whether control over the static electricity removing devices (61 to 64) is exercised or not; and a control device (41) for controlling the display/selector (42) so as to indicate the information in the display section (42A) of the display/selector (42), and also controlling the static electricity removing devices (61 to 64), based on the information from the electrostatic sensors (51 to 54).